Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 17:1

"And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:" — Matthew 17:1 (ASV)

The “six days” probably indicates the time it took to travel from Caesarea Philippi (16:13) to the high mountains (17:1); that is, the Transfiguration took place within a few days of the prediction that Jesus must go to Jerusalem and be killed. The two passages must therefore be read together. On the identity of the mountain, see comments on Mk 9:2; Lk 9:28. Those Jesus “took with him” were Peter, James, and John, the inner circle of the Twelve.